Gesine Hansen, MD

Gesine Hansen, MD
Professor and Chairwoman
Dept. Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and
Neonatology
Hannover Medical School
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
Tel.: +49 511 532 9139
Fax: +49 511 532 9125
Email: Hansen.Gesine@mh-hannover.de
Curriculum Vitae
University Education and Scientific Career
1985 – 1992 Medical School, University of Bochum, Germany and
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School London, UK
1992
Doctor of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Virology, University of
Bochum, Germany
1992
License as MD
1993-1997
Resident and Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Düsseldorf,
Germany
1997-1999
Research Associate, Division of Immunology and Transplantation Biology,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
1999-2003
Fellow and Staff Physician (Oberärztin), Pediatrics, University of Halle,
Germany
2001
Habilitation and venia legendi in Pediatrics, University of Halle, Germany
2001-2006
Head Research Group ‘Immune regulatory mechanisms in allergic asthma’
funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2003-2005
Professor of Pediatrics (C3) and Vice Chairwoman, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Halle
2005-present Professor of Pediatrics (W3) and Chairwoman, Department of Pediatric
Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School (MHH),
Hannover, Germany
2006-2015
Chairwoman Center of Pediatrics, Hannover Medical School (MHH),
Hannover, Germany
2009-2014
Chairwoman Sonderforschungsbereich (collaborative research center) SFB
587, ‘Immune reaction of the lung in infection and allergy’, German Research
Foundation (DFG)
2013-present Member, management board, German Center for Lung Research (DZL)BREATH –Hannover-site (Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive
Lung Disease)
Activities in the Scientific Community (selected)
2007-2011
2013-present
2007-present
2009-2014
Member, Senate of Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany
Member, Senate of Hannover Medical School,(MHH), Germany
Member, Research Commission, Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Chairwoman (collaborative research center) SFB 587, German Research
Foundation (DFG)
2006-present Member, Commission of Drugs for Children and Adolescent, Federal Ministry
of Health, Germany
2004-2008
Member, Executive Committee, International Society of Pediatric Pneumology
(GPP, Swiss and Austrian)
2008-2015
President, International Society of Pediatric Pneumology (GPP), since 2015
Past President, member, executive committee GPP
2008-2015
Member, Executive Committee, Society of Pediatric Allergology
2008-2013
Member, Advisory Board, Program of Medical Genome Research (NGFN),
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
2016-2020
Member, Review Board, Commission , Germany Research Foundation (DFG)
Awards and Honors (selected)
2000
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
2007
2013
2013
International Young Investigator Award, Munich, Germany
Johannes Wenner Award, Society of Pediatric Pneumology, Bern, Switzerland
Arthur Schlossmann Award, Society for Pediatrics, Germany
Wilhelm-Roux-Research Award, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany
Adalbert-Czerny-Award, German Society for Pediatrics, Leipzig, Germany
International Pharmacia Allergy Research Award, Vancouver, Canada
Karl Hansen Award, German Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology,
Lübeck, Germany
Eva Luise Köhler Research Award for Rare Diseases, Berlin, Germany
Member, Leopoldina, National Academy of Sciences
Research Fields
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immune regulation in allergy and asthma
mucosal immunology
perinatal immune priming
cell therapy in rare pulmonary diseases
lung infection, founder and head RSV bronchiolitis cohort (RIVA) and
pediatric community acquired pneumonia network (pedCapNetz)
Gesine Hansen, Hannover, 2016